On January 12, a group of cars and vans filled with rowdy, flag-waving Amazigh activists left Algiers and began a three-day tour of seven Algerian provinces, under the slogan of âYennayer, feast of national solidarityâ. Before departure, the “Yennayer caravan” received an Algerian flag and best wishes from Mounia Meslem, …
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Libyan Berbers fear ethnic conflict | News from the Berbers
Jadu, Libya – Almost all Libyans know Shokri Agmar. In 2011, they saw him daily on television, in a program broadcast from Qatar. The 33-year-old lawyer is the host of Libya’s very first Amazigh-language program. âI had mixed feelings,â Agmar told Al Jazeera from a cafe in downtown Tripoli. âOn …
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